1. journalofdemocracy.org

    A liberal order can use devices such as supermajority requirements or even unanimity rules to limit the majority's power, or it can deploy constitutional courts insulated [End Page 10] from direct public pressure to police the perimeter beyond which even supermajorities may not go. How Does Populism Challenge Liberal Democracy?
  2. populismstudies.org

    Nov 27, 2024By casting populism as inherently problematic, these academics, whom Woodford does not hesitate to criticize as gatekeepers of an elitist liberal-democratic orthodoxy, distort the political landscape into a restrictive populism-vs-democracy dichotomy. This oversimplification delegitimizes left-wing alternatives and conflates democratic ...
  3. thisvsthat.io

    Liberals believe that free trade, open borders, and global institutions are essential for promoting economic growth, peace, and stability. They advocate for policies that encourage international collaboration and engagement. Populism, on the other hand, tends to be more skeptical of globalization and international cooperation.
  4. andrewsullivan.substack.com

    Apr 7, 2023John: Let me begin by talking about the word populism. Populism is a term liberals use to describe the political blow back against the social disruption that their policies have created. That's what populism is, basically. At least now.
  5. the figure of the populist leader: they are usually charismatic, have a strong leadership, use of bad manners, paint themselves as part of the "people" i.e "us", and usually tries to portray as a subject that is outside of the political sphere. ... "Populism is a term liberals use to describe the political blowback against the social ...
  6. academic.oup.com

    Abstract. This chapter argues that liberal democracy and populism, despite both being committed to the idea of popular sovereignty, rely on incompatible conceptualizations of the demos and, consequently, embody antagonistic and irreconcilable understandings of the concept of democracy. It subsequently challenges the wide-spread assumption that populism might have beneficial effects.
  7. academia.edu

    Populists might 'lose' elections, but the mainstream increasingly looks and sounds like them, becoming in the process 'national populism-lite'. Against the backdrop of a Western liberal hegemony which stresses individual rights over communal obligations and solidarity, which concurs with ever more ethnic change and which supports ...
  8. populismstudies.org

    Apr 11, 2024Development of "Populism" Populism experienced multiple waves of development methodologically and content-wise. In the late 19th century, the term populism was already used within party politics by the People's Party in North America and the Narodniki in Russia (Akkerman, 2003). In the following, the term was introduced to the French ...

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